http://www.waprescribedfire.org/sinlahekin-1 daily 0.75 2016-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467108756983-7CQK6I9FG6BMGX3RGNSB/beforeafter1.jpg Sinlahekin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467108756983-7CQK6I9FG6BMGX3RGNSB/beforeafter1.jpg Sinlahekin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467109215958-F7ZDRJXU9QXMFEY31VSI/beforeafter1.jpg Sinlahekin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467109195200-H3ES57KN5917NFZUIV5P/beforeafter2.jpg Sinlahekin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467109256352-4UMKUL4XZR35AMCCB9AD/thinnednotburned.jpg Sinlahekin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467109246981-Q0HKVPI9G14NPIJ9KNU6/thinnedanburned.jpg Sinlahekin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467102087246-K5FUASTSG2RO37I0IU9P/scenic.jpg Sinlahekin http://www.waprescribedfire.org/home daily 1.0 2026-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467053560825-IUMHZZ5Y3H0F2UQFTQNN/practitioners.jpg Home - Right fire, right place, right people.<span>© John Marshall</span> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1466627695295-B9N8ZYWIRA435WLZ52MM/tncwashington_46252364.jpg Home - Let's put fire to work for Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1468369058656-FEURLKNW4QQH6GBMIQ3F/image-asset.jpeg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1468369146238-2N7GD49M0NQRW2QVMF5M/image-asset.jpeg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467085510375-3JWIM0VRVPKO81EKQTIU/image-asset.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467062699029-QZ60331BZQ3KAY9I9A1C/image-asset.png Home http://www.waprescribedfire.org/yellow-island-1 daily 0.75 2016-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467113644897-4SZO0R1Q9MQBP6QZXM0L/1.jpg Yellow Island - BEFORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467113644897-4SZO0R1Q9MQBP6QZXM0L/1.jpg Yellow Island - BEFORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467113648266-WIP6WSVIEJPASA3B334G/2.jpg Yellow Island - AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467113675393-Z50DGYAR7X4PQGQ2TJCK/3.jpg Yellow Island - BEFORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467113675378-4OE3FVV78AG42ZN4OY9D/4.jpg Yellow Island - AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467113711281-9QBPPLUSQQ2ML98SX3JD/5.jpg Yellow Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467113691026-AC5VY3570HFEMJURPI7P/6.jpg Yellow Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467113711417-KPV46X5PZGE1NY5BM8D9/7.jpg Yellow Island http://www.waprescribedfire.org/about-the-council daily 0.75 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479851387401-BH7WCAZZM8S1MALFPYL2/WPFC+group+shot-cropped3.jpg About the Council - Working together,<br>working with fire. http://www.waprescribedfire.org/mars-case-study daily 0.75 2016-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479860710286-I4UBX69DLOBXQWK4MFK9/header-IMG_5712.jpg MARS Case Study - Fire, Mt. Adams style. <span>© Jay McLaughlin, MARS </span> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858635988-U4N8WQ8E02NHGUBJV25N/IMG_1912.jpg MARS Case Study - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Staff from CNLM and MARS review assignments with participants from area volunteer fire departments and the community on the morning of their first burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858650133-0VOG0YTCO8DU5N7W1GN8/IMG_1945.jpg MARS Case Study - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Local forester and volunteer firefighter Jeremy Grose puts fire on the ground as a member of the ignition team. The Pine Flats prescribed burn provided opportunities for all participants to gain practical experience, and for some it served to advance their qualifications while working as trainees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858676095-2PBJ083SIRSANW5BNA6S/IMG_1952.jpg MARS Case Study - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS CNLM staff held the line with all-terrain vehicles they brought to the operation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858670657-AO2CGN6DO96JCKU10PFJ/IMG_1947.jpg MARS Case Study - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS The team was able to observe fire behavior that varied depending on fuel type and with changes in relative humidity as the operation progressed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858765330-B9ZKGJEPM14L264ZLP9N/IMG_5737.jpg MARS Case Study - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Significant preparation by MARS and local volunteers ahead of the burn - as evidenced by pruned and thinned pockets of trees - aided in keeping fire mostly limited to surface and ground fuels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858726855-YEITDWWJYJ7X0VYGZCZF/IMG_5712.jpg MARS Case Study - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Crew members observe fire behavior as the morning progresses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858692528-ZCAM79Z38FGPECZM1DER/IMG_1987.jpg MARS Case Study - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Mop-up phase relied exclusively on volunteers and MARS staff and continued for several days after the initial burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858727214-CMUOOR9NNRICSRTSYW4E/IMG_5736+2.jpg MARS Case Study - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS One of CNLM's engines that was fully engaged in the undertaking. CNLM's professional staff and equipment were essential to the success of the operation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858764763-SCWPYDS234GZ9RE3AN2M/IMG_5749.jpg MARS Case Study - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Mission accomplished! The crew connects for one last photo before heading in their different directions, carrying with them invaluable experience from a day of returning fire to forests of the Mt. Adams area. http://www.waprescribedfire.org/new-sinlahekin-gallery daily 0.75 2016-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479920016872-WSBQISYL5M66037NO8T3/beforeafter1.jpg New Sinlahekin Gallery - © Justin Haug, WDFW Both sides were thinned in 2002 and 2011 to reduce fuels, thin stands, and restore some natural clumpy groupings. But due to very steep slopes and other prohibitive factors, the area on the left was not prescribed burned, while the area on the right was treated with prescribed fire in 2005 and 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479920016872-WSBQISYL5M66037NO8T3/beforeafter1.jpg New Sinlahekin Gallery - © Justin Haug, WDFW Both sides were thinned in 2002 and 2011 to reduce fuels, thin stands, and restore some natural clumpy groupings. But due to very steep slopes and other prohibitive factors, the area on the left was not prescribed burned, while the area on the right was treated with prescribed fire in 2005 and 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479920110752-CBAFM50GYICP5BK6YM6E/beforeafter2.jpg New Sinlahekin Gallery - © Justin Haug, WDFW Another view of the same affect, where the areas that received prescribed burning more successfully resisted wildfire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479920087713-0QGR7NM5UI5G0UTRA8WU/thinnednotburned.jpg New Sinlahekin Gallery - © Justin Haug, WDFW An interior view showing extensive damage to areas that had not been treated with controlled fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479920061060-TL605NE7SP31YI4R39KY/thinnedanburned.jpg New Sinlahekin Gallery - © Justin Haug, WDFW Interior view of areas that had previously been treated with controlled burning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479920030706-CZ2HPOK80PZI4MR28F3F/scenic.jpg New Sinlahekin Gallery - © Justin Haug, WDFW Overview of the Sinhlahekin Wildlife Area. http://www.waprescribedfire.org/events daily 0.75 2025-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1480365042896-G4WD1263VZ5GVTNO8FW1/blue2.jpg WPFC Events http://www.waprescribedfire.org/events/2018trexregistration monthly 0.5 2018-08-05 http://www.waprescribedfire.org/events/2018cascadiatrex monthly 0.5 2018-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1530550536511-KYHRFGKOYJDGXIW4M0EE/2017-10-03_CMonk_Barth_2002488.jpg WPFC Events - Cascadia Prescribed Fire Training Exchange Photo credit: Cheryl Barth http://www.waprescribedfire.org/events/2018prescribedfiremeeting monthly 0.5 2018-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1516675452407-JN7JNADR537V866VKCC3/OPFC+Logo WPFC Events - Oregon and Washington Prescribed Fire Council Meeting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1516675503195-3MYYHR07F6Q70XY5WQ3J/WFPC+logo WPFC Events - Oregon and Washington Prescribed Fire Council Meeting http://www.waprescribedfire.org/events/trex monthly 0.5 2018-07-02 http://www.waprescribedfire.org/events/2017/3/1/6th-annual-washington-prescribed-fire-council-conference monthly 0.5 2017-02-17 http://www.waprescribedfire.org/events/2016/11/28/prescribed-fire-training-exchange-trex-ashland-or monthly 0.5 2016-11-28 http://www.waprescribedfire.org/events/2017/5/1/prescribed-fire-training-exchange-trex-central-oregon monthly 0.5 2016-11-28 http://www.waprescribedfire.org/events/2017/1/31/international-congress-on-prescribed-fires-icopfires-conference monthly 0.5 2016-11-28 http://www.waprescribedfire.org/events/2016/12/14/webinar-a-summary-of-fire-season-2016-in-wa-and-or monthly 0.5 2016-11-28 http://www.waprescribedfire.org/puget-sound-gallery daily 0.75 2017-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923782869-3TCKKPQ6FUC6M45PLVN5/1-201.jpg Puget Sound Gallery - © Dennis Buckingham Prescribed burns take significant planning and coordination. The strong partnerships found in the Puget Sound Ecological Burn Program make ones like this burn on Johnson Prairie possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923782869-3TCKKPQ6FUC6M45PLVN5/1-201.jpg Puget Sound Gallery - © Dennis Buckingham Prescribed burns take significant planning and coordination. The strong partnerships found in the Puget Sound Ecological Burn Program make ones like this burn on Johnson Prairie possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924921200-KFQWQAHRNFFKSHF8LFUC/2-Aug3.jpg Puget Sound Gallery A Puget Sound Ecological Burn Program crew establishes a blackline at Johnson Prairie. A blackline is a control line established using fire to strengthen containment of the main prescribed burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923811253-7997JX3SPKJ71CS3CJJT/3-Aug20.jpg Puget Sound Gallery - © Bob Wilken https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923819696-2F8GPG9G9YD3YTXJZCAQ/4-Glacial.jpg Puget Sound Gallery - © Sarah Hamman The crew listens as the Burn Boss gives the pre-burn briefing. These briefings include crew organization and assignment, current and future weather conditions, and objectives and plan for the upcoming burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923878237-Y3P2YBT5MYHXIJE6K0WQ/5-0850.jpg Puget Sound Gallery - © Mason McKinley The federally endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly is found only on limited prairie sites through Washington and Oregon. These butterflies rely on prairie flowers as larvae and nectar sources. The Puget balsamroot seen here is one such nectar source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923900586-UMFV6S0EVDHZD5ALFM4N/6-2118.jpg Puget Sound Gallery - © Mason McKinley Prairie flowers are adapted to frequent fire and responded well after this burn on Glacial Heritage Preserve in Thurston County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923943980-KUC2J3FZZNXG8LGPLENZ/7-5408.jpg Puget Sound Gallery - © Kara Karboski https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924009065-XJNITYBHM16OFGV6LGMN/8-5564.jpg Puget Sound Gallery - © Kara Karboski Oak woodlands like this were once much more abundant in the Puget Sound region. Land conversion and fire suppression have reduced the extent of these important and diverse ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924032464-1ILWMI8IM6V1A7JJ92YV/9-9542.jpg Puget Sound Gallery - © Kara Karboski Crews apply fire to the understory of these oak woodlands to open up the canopy, promote native plant growth, and reduce invasives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924068981-EQOROGTI3V4A6XYZI19G/10-JBLM.jpg Puget Sound Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924078768-NANE1JOLCZQ3F77GNRZQ/11-KLK.jpg Puget Sound Gallery - © Kara Karboski The streaked horned lark is a federally threatened bird that prefers open landscapes like the prairies and fields of the south Puget Sound region. Prescribed burning is used to maintain these prairies and keep plants relatively low and sparse, important habitat characteristics for larks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924125688-5WS0K6ONQWYQMFBLE47R/12-Mima.jpg Puget Sound Gallery - © Sarah Hamman Puget Sound Ecological Burn Program crew members maintain the fire line on a burn in a recently released oak savannah at Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924132179-VZ8JZGK6CUI8NCY85K68/13-UW.jpg Puget Sound Gallery - © Peter Dunwiddie A Puget Sound Ecological Burn Program crew member burns part of the prairie that has been set aside as a research plot to answer questions about how variations in fire intensity affect butterfly habitat. Research such as this increases our understanding of how fire can help improve future management. http://www.waprescribedfire.org/inland-gallery daily 0.75 2020-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479932856730-LFOS48I3W23HXKE42VS6/4-inland.jpg Inland Gallery - © Ken Meinhart, USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff from the Inland Northwest National Wildlife Refuge Complex (NWRC) and Mid-Columbia River NWRC, as well as cooperators from Spokane County Fire Districts 3 and 10, and students from the University of Idaho completed a 40-acre prescribed burn at Turnbull NWR in April 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479932856730-LFOS48I3W23HXKE42VS6/4-inland.jpg Inland Gallery - © Ken Meinhart, USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff from the Inland Northwest National Wildlife Refuge Complex (NWRC) and Mid-Columbia River NWRC, as well as cooperators from Spokane County Fire Districts 3 and 10, and students from the University of Idaho completed a 40-acre prescribed burn at Turnbull NWR in April 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479932802957-AGY3EKLZPZNHTTWP18SI/1-inland.jpg Inland Gallery - © USFWS Pacific Region The prescribed burn is a follow-up treatment in a unit that was initially burned in 1992, and is intended to mimic the historic return interval of fire in ponderosa pine habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479932801148-TB5F6ORHNDSPB095UXF0/2-inland.jpg Inland Gallery - © USFWS Pacific Region Prescribed burning in this habitat improves and restores ecosystem health, as well as reduces the risk of catastrophic wildfire - creating a healthy and more resilient landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479932855168-EV64OBD8GSH80W62J0ZG/3-inland.jpg Inland Gallery - © USFWS Pacific Region A firefighter ignites in a willow stand overstocked with ponderosa pine trees. Reducing ponderosa pine density improves habitat diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1483732571338-69YSGYJKMD426O7EL96U/7-inland.jpg Inland Gallery - © USFWS Pacific Region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1483732573491-EF6395D4YQ893EI5OMBX/8-inland.jpg Inland Gallery - © USFWS Pacific Region http://www.waprescribedfire.org/mars-gallery daily 0.75 2016-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858635988-U4N8WQ8E02NHGUBJV25N/IMG_1912.jpg MARS Gallery - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Staff from CNLM and MARS review assignments with participants from area volunteer fire departments and the community on the morning of their first burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858635988-U4N8WQ8E02NHGUBJV25N/IMG_1912.jpg MARS Gallery - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Staff from CNLM and MARS review assignments with participants from area volunteer fire departments and the community on the morning of their first burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858650133-0VOG0YTCO8DU5N7W1GN8/IMG_1945.jpg MARS Gallery - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Local forester and volunteer firefighter Jeremy Grose puts fire on the ground as a member of the ignition team. The Pine Flats prescribed burn provided opportunities for all participants to gain practical experience, and for some it served to advance their qualifications while working as trainees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858676095-2PBJ083SIRSANW5BNA6S/IMG_1952.jpg MARS Gallery - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS CNLM staff held the line with all-terrain vehicles they brought to the operation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858670657-AO2CGN6DO96JCKU10PFJ/IMG_1947.jpg MARS Gallery - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS The team was able to observe fire behavior that varied depending on fuel type and with changes in relative humidity as the operation progressed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858765330-B9ZKGJEPM14L264ZLP9N/IMG_5737.jpg MARS Gallery - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Significant preparation by MARS and local volunteers ahead of the burn - as evidenced by pruned and thinned pockets of trees - aided in keeping fire mostly limited to surface and ground fuels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858726855-YEITDWWJYJ7X0VYGZCZF/IMG_5712.jpg MARS Gallery - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Crew members observe fire behavior as the morning progresses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858692528-ZCAM79Z38FGPECZM1DER/IMG_1987.jpg MARS Gallery - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Mop-up phase relied exclusively on volunteers and MARS staff and continued for several days after the initial burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858727214-CMUOOR9NNRICSRTSYW4E/IMG_5736+2.jpg MARS Gallery - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS One of CNLM's engines that was fully engaged in the undertaking. CNLM's professional staff and equipment were essential to the success of the operation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479858764763-SCWPYDS234GZ9RE3AN2M/IMG_5749.jpg MARS Gallery - © Jay McLaughlin, MARS Mission accomplished! The crew connects for one last photo before heading in their different directions, carrying with them invaluable experience from a day of returning fire to forests of the Mt. Adams area. http://www.waprescribedfire.org/mid-columbia-gallery daily 0.75 2016-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930031249-B9ZYMCTTM0WLMUOCBCIE/3-MC.jpg Mid Columbia Gallery - © Paul Hiebert, USFWS On February 17, 2016 employees of the Mid-Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex, along with cooperators, burned 56 acres of grasses, shrubs, thatch and cattails for the improvement of lesser Sandhill crane habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930031249-B9ZYMCTTM0WLMUOCBCIE/3-MC.jpg Mid Columbia Gallery - © Paul Hiebert, USFWS On February 17, 2016 employees of the Mid-Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex, along with cooperators, burned 56 acres of grasses, shrubs, thatch and cattails for the improvement of lesser Sandhill crane habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930000243-BXQVB6T2GPZFT0XRXT1B/1-MC.jpg Mid Columbia Gallery - © Paul Hiebert, USFWS By reducing accumulated organic materials, native grass regeneration is promoted, and access to food sources for the lesser Sandhill cranes is accomplished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930075190-A3X03IQ6II71WWK4Z3IS/4-MC.jpg Mid Columbia Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930077656-RX0ZESS9F66FT2VK7HOL/5-MC.jpg Mid Columbia Gallery - © Paul Hiebert, USFWS Mid-Columbia Complex Fire Management were assisted by the Spokane area Bureau of Land Management office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Inland Northwest Complex, as well as the Hanford County Fire Department. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930105991-7JCHVADCHVRTHBOIS4ST/7-MC.jpg Mid Columbia Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930116634-I6ZXM7Z5MVXB505ABYWU/6-MC.jpg Mid Columbia Gallery - © Gordon Warrick, USFWS Large numbers of lesser sandhill cranes visit the refuge during spring and fall migrations. This photograph was snapped of the burn site a few days after the prescribed fire had been completed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930020831-RSSUAGBUV1HXG2A2J321/2-MC.jpg Mid Columbia Gallery - © Paul Hiebert, USFWS The prescribed burn is expected to result in greater abundance and diversity of native species and improved habitat for the lesser Sandhill cranes as well as other native wildlife species. The cranes historically arrive at the Refuge in early to mid-March. http://www.waprescribedfire.org/new-rx-fire-in-action daily 0.75 2020-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479919491557-KYJQW9N7ABU6LE5TZ207/action.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - Prescribed fire in action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467098578656-HYEXOISWU7UNV62005DE/dryforest2.jpg New Rx Fire in Action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479920016872-WSBQISYL5M66037NO8T3/beforeafter1.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Justin Haug, WDFW Both sides were thinned in 2002 and 2011 to reduce fuels, thin stands, and restore some natural clumpy groupings. But due to very steep slopes and other prohibitive factors, the area on the left was not prescribed burned, while the area on the right was treated with prescribed fire in 2005 and 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479920110752-CBAFM50GYICP5BK6YM6E/beforeafter2.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Justin Haug, WDFW Another view of the same affect, where the areas that received prescribed burning more successfully resisted wildfire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479920087713-0QGR7NM5UI5G0UTRA8WU/thinnednotburned.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Justin Haug, WDFW An interior view showing extensive damage to areas that had not been treated with controlled fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479920061060-TL605NE7SP31YI4R39KY/thinnedanburned.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Justin Haug, WDFW Interior view of areas that had previously been treated with controlled burning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479920030706-CZ2HPOK80PZI4MR28F3F/scenic.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Justin Haug, WDFW Overview of the Sinhlahekin Wildlife Area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1467098622855-BAY2ST91BW9OP819BEAV/pugetsoundlowlands2.jpg New Rx Fire in Action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923782869-3TCKKPQ6FUC6M45PLVN5/1-201.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Dennis Buckingham Prescribed burns take significant planning and coordination. The strong partnerships found in the Puget Sound Ecological Burn Program make ones like this burn on Johnson Prairie possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924921200-KFQWQAHRNFFKSHF8LFUC/2-Aug3.jpg New Rx Fire in Action A Puget Sound Ecological Burn Program crew establishes a blackline at Johnson Prairie. A blackline is a control line established using fire to strengthen containment of the main prescribed burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923811253-7997JX3SPKJ71CS3CJJT/3-Aug20.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Bob Wilken https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923819696-2F8GPG9G9YD3YTXJZCAQ/4-Glacial.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Sarah Hamman The crew listens as the Burn Boss gives the pre-burn briefing. These briefings include crew organization and assignment, current and future weather conditions, and objectives and plan for the upcoming burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923878237-Y3P2YBT5MYHXIJE6K0WQ/5-0850.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Mason McKinley The federally endangered Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly is found only on limited prairie sites through Washington and Oregon. These butterflies rely on prairie flowers as larvae and nectar sources. The Puget balsamroot seen here is one such nectar source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923900586-UMFV6S0EVDHZD5ALFM4N/6-2118.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Mason McKinley Prairie flowers are adapted to frequent fire and responded well after this burn on Glacial Heritage Preserve in Thurston County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479923943980-KUC2J3FZZNXG8LGPLENZ/7-5408.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Kara Karboski https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924009065-XJNITYBHM16OFGV6LGMN/8-5564.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Kara Karboski Oak woodlands like this were once much more abundant in the Puget Sound region. Land conversion and fire suppression have reduced the extent of these important and diverse ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924032464-1ILWMI8IM6V1A7JJ92YV/9-9542.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Kara Karboski Crews apply fire to the understory of these oak woodlands to open up the canopy, promote native plant growth, and reduce invasives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924068981-EQOROGTI3V4A6XYZI19G/10-JBLM.jpg New Rx Fire in Action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924078768-NANE1JOLCZQ3F77GNRZQ/11-KLK.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Kara Karboski The streaked horned lark is a federally threatened bird that prefers open landscapes like the prairies and fields of the south Puget Sound region. Prescribed burning is used to maintain these prairies and keep plants relatively low and sparse, important habitat characteristics for larks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924125688-5WS0K6ONQWYQMFBLE47R/12-Mima.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Sarah Hamman Puget Sound Ecological Burn Program crew members maintain the fire line on a burn in a recently released oak savannah at Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479924132179-VZ8JZGK6CUI8NCY85K68/13-UW.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Peter Dunwiddie A Puget Sound Ecological Burn Program crew member burns part of the prairie that has been set aside as a research plot to answer questions about how variations in fire intensity affect butterfly habitat. Research such as this increases our understanding of how fire can help improve future management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1483732994100-Q97HC0NNJSBAI7RW70IL/image-asset.jpeg New Rx Fire in Action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930031249-B9ZYMCTTM0WLMUOCBCIE/3-MC.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Paul Hiebert, USFWS On February 17, 2016 employees of the Mid-Columbia National Wildlife Refuge Complex, along with cooperators, burned 56 acres of grasses, shrubs, thatch and cattails for the improvement of lesser Sandhill crane habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930000243-BXQVB6T2GPZFT0XRXT1B/1-MC.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Paul Hiebert, USFWS By reducing accumulated organic materials, native grass regeneration is promoted, and access to food sources for the lesser Sandhill cranes is accomplished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930075190-A3X03IQ6II71WWK4Z3IS/4-MC.jpg New Rx Fire in Action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930077656-RX0ZESS9F66FT2VK7HOL/5-MC.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Paul Hiebert, USFWS Mid-Columbia Complex Fire Management were assisted by the Spokane area Bureau of Land Management office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Inland Northwest Complex, as well as the Hanford County Fire Department. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930105991-7JCHVADCHVRTHBOIS4ST/7-MC.jpg New Rx Fire in Action https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930116634-I6ZXM7Z5MVXB505ABYWU/6-MC.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Gordon Warrick, USFWS Large numbers of lesser sandhill cranes visit the refuge during spring and fall migrations. This photograph was snapped of the burn site a few days after the prescribed fire had been completed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479930020831-RSSUAGBUV1HXG2A2J321/2-MC.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Paul Hiebert, USFWS The prescribed burn is expected to result in greater abundance and diversity of native species and improved habitat for the lesser Sandhill cranes as well as other native wildlife species. The cranes historically arrive at the Refuge in early to mid-March. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479932856730-LFOS48I3W23HXKE42VS6/4-inland.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © Ken Meinhart, USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff from the Inland Northwest National Wildlife Refuge Complex (NWRC) and Mid-Columbia River NWRC, as well as cooperators from Spokane County Fire Districts 3 and 10, and students from the University of Idaho completed a 40-acre prescribed burn at Turnbull NWR in April 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479932802957-AGY3EKLZPZNHTTWP18SI/1-inland.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © USFWS Pacific Region The prescribed burn is a follow-up treatment in a unit that was initially burned in 1992, and is intended to mimic the historic return interval of fire in ponderosa pine habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479932801148-TB5F6ORHNDSPB095UXF0/2-inland.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © USFWS Pacific Region Prescribed burning in this habitat improves and restores ecosystem health, as well as reduces the risk of catastrophic wildfire - creating a healthy and more resilient landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574387fb4d088e1e7427ec1b/1479932855168-EV64OBD8GSH80W62J0ZG/3-inland.jpg New Rx Fire in Action - © USFWS Pacific Region A firefighter ignites in a willow stand overstocked with ponderosa pine trees. 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